From the end of the world

Chapter 202 Falling apart
I always have no special feelings about killing people, whether it is killing those weirdos in the past or killing so many guards and researchers over and over again just now, I feel nothing. Because they are enemies, I have to kill them, this is too logical. Weeds have to find a crack to grow out of stones, but it is difficult for me to find enough room for melancholy and sadness.

Now, looking at the charred marks and the melancholy look on the face of the young girl Lu Chan, I sensed a strange change in my state of mind from killing Chen Long. In the past, I seemed to be just a tourist in a strange world, but now, I seem to have really become one of them. As for why I felt this way, I myself could not really understand it.

The girl Lu Chan quickly noticed what I had in my hand.

"What is this...?" She asked hesitantly.

I held up the silver metal badge in my hand.

"You mean this? This is something left behind by Chen Long. For some reason, my flames were unable to burn it... Do you know what this is?"

"You said this was left by Chen Long..." Her expression became mixed, "...Yes, I know what it is. This is the National First-Class Demon Hunter Medal."

"National level demon hunter?"

I feel like I've heard this term somewhere.

By the way, Zhu Shi mentioned to me a long time ago that the Wuchang who reached the level of the master is also called the "national first-class demon hunter". It's just that demon hunters believe that they are above the national regime, so they don't take this title of "national" seriously.

"Only those who have made great contributions to society will be officially awarded this medal by the country's top leaders. There are very few Wuchang who are qualified to receive this medal, and even fewer who are willing to accept the awarding ceremony. This is because some of them believe that secular governments are not qualified to award them medals." The young girl Lu Chan said, "In recent years, the only people who have received this medal are Chen Long and me, and a female demon hunter who is good at manipulating blue lightning. The medal itself has no special power, it is just a decoration made of precious metals."

"In other words, this is Chen Long's medal? Then why can it withstand my fire?" I wondered.

"No, this should be my medal," she said complicatedly.

"Yours?" I wondered.

She held out her hand to me, and I handed the silver medal to her.

"When Lu Chan of the past escaped from this Humanitarian Division base, he secretly retrieved his Impermanence Sword, but abandoned this national first-class demon hunter medal and his dream here. This is proof of a break with my past self - from now on, 'Lu Chan' will never fight for mortals again." She looked at the silver medal in her hand, "As for why the medal can withstand your flames... I think it's because this medal is my true self."

"Main body..." I tried to digest this information, "You mean, because this medal carries Lu Chan's dream, so..."

"Objects can convey people's thoughts. In the past, Lu Chan abandoned his dream by abandoning this medal. Therefore, this medal is the source of my 'phenomenon'," she said.

So that's it. Because the girl Lu Chan is on my flame's whitelist, this medal will not be harmed either. That makes sense.

"But Chen Long actually carried the medal I discarded with him. He..."

At the end, she paused for a moment and then shook her head. In any case, Chen Long is already dead. Even if we talk about his unknown mental journey, he won't jump out and tell us, right? No, even if he is still alive, he will definitely not admit anything.

I felt that perhaps it would be better for me not to tell the young girl Lu Chan the news that Chen Long’s soul had been refined into “slag”.

"Since this is your material container, can this medal help you continue to exist after the destruction of the independent reality space?" I asked.

"My root of longing may be able to exist with the medal, but I, the 'dream incarnation' who can talk and interact with you, am destined to disappear." She said calmly, "However, as long as I have this medal, I should be able to return my 'dream' to that Lu Chan outside."

"How to do it specifically?" I asked tentatively.

"It's very simple, just give him the medal." She said with great certainty, "The dream that he had abandoned along with the medal will return to him along with the medal.

"However, once I go to the real world, I will disappear as quickly as sugar in warm water. Even if I can find a way to delay the time of disappearance, as a dream bubble, I can't move the real world's matter. I can only ask you for this matter.

"Zhuang Cheng, can you help me?"

I said without hesitation, "No."

I thought she would be surprised or even angry when she heard this answer, but she remained calm. "Why?" she asked patiently.

"To me, 'Lu Chan of the past' is just a 'person from afar' whom I have never met." I said, "As for Lu Youxun of the present, even though I can see that he has something to hide, he has really helped me anyway, and we are slowly getting to know each other. I won't kill 'him of the present' to get back 'him of the past'."

She pressed on: "Because he's nice to you, do you think he's a good person now? Since you admit that he has ulterior motives... No, in the final analysis, he's a transcendentalist, and your friend Zhu Shi is a hegemonist. One day, they will have an irreconcilable conflict.

"You will definitely stand by Zhu Shi, right? Don't you think it would be best to let Lu Chan outside regain his self-awareness as a hegemonist before they have a conflict? This will not only benefit Zhu Shi, but also you, and even more so, the society."

"I never thought Lu Youxun was a good person, but generally speaking, I think he is still on our side for now. Maybe he will become an enemy in the future... that's a matter for the future, at worst we can fight him again then." I said, "Perhaps you will say that I lack foresight, but I don't intend to use the fact that others may do something in the future as an excuse to settle accounts with him who has done nothing now."

"Is that so..." She closed her eyes, "I don't want to sacrifice the people near me for the more valuable 'people far away'..."

"You helped me a lot in this matter. If you have any other requests, I will do my best to help."

I thought about it and realized that it would not be very kind of me to do nothing for her.

"No, we are just fighting side by side for a common goal. We help each other and no one owes anyone anything." She opened her eyes. "But if you really feel bad, can you agree to my request?"

"You say." I corrected my attitude.

She first looked at me carefully, then smiled and said, "Zhuang Cheng, please continue to be yourself."

"What?" I was surprised.

Obviously, she had many valuable requests, but she only said this one sentence.

I almost forgot that her prototype was a man. At this moment, she really looked like a girl.

At this moment, the ground we were standing on suddenly began to shake violently, and the space suddenly became blurry. At first glance, I thought it was my eyes that were blurry. Soon I realized the cause of this phenomenon.

This is the phenomenon that the young girl Lu Chan once said that the independent reality space is on the verge of destruction. It seems that Chen Long is really the pillar of this independent reality space. When he dies, the base will be destroyed.

The power of restart is still repairing things everywhere inside this base, and the blurring of space is also recovering quickly, but the earthquake still hasn't stopped. My sea of ​​fire hasn't disappeared either, and is wreaking havoc everywhere, fighting against the power of restart. Under normal circumstances, the power of restart will reset the independent reality space that is on the verge of destruction to an intact state, but now it is stuck in the middle.

At this rate, the independent reality will continue to be stuck in this earth-shaking state. Although it is unlikely to get better, it is not known whether it will get worse or stagnate. However, we have a good way to quickly push it into destruction.

That is to kill the owner of this secret base of the Humanitarian Department.

This location is very close to the laboratory where Dr. Silver Mask is located. We quickly arrived in front of the laboratory and stepped inside.

And Doctor Silver Mask stood inside as if he had been waiting for a long time.

He didn't seem to have a good fighting skill, but he didn't panic and hide. I think it was because he knew that it would be useless to run away. Now I, who spread the sea of ​​fire to every corner of this base, am the actual ruler of this place.

I controlled the sea of ​​fire that spread all over the place and swept towards Doctor Silver Mask; and the power of restart surrounded him like a force field shield, keeping the flames out.

Seeing this, I immediately used the second method, which was to use the light spread by the flame as a medium to directly ignite Dr. Silver Mask, just like I did with Chen Long. Since I can see his figure normally with my naked eyes now, it means that his restart power has not yet rewound all the light. As for the reason, it is difficult to do it based on some principle, or I can't spare that much energy for the time being, I don't know.

However, he had been supporting Chen Long in the rear with the power of restart. He must have seen clearly from a bystander's perspective how I manipulated the light to kill Chen Long.

He had apparently found a way to crack my trick in a short period of time.

(End of this chapter)